NCT05220332Active, not recruiting
Church-based Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure in African Americans
Abundant Living: A Church-based Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure in African Americans
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a 12-month behavioral cluster-randomized trial testing a church-based intervention to reduce blood pressure in African Americans with uncontrolled blood pressure.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 219 (actual)
- First submitted
- 21 Jan 2022
- Start date
- 15 Mar 2022
- Primary completion date
- 8 Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
- Diseases
- High blood pressure
- NCT number
- NCT05220332
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 219
- From 15 Mar 2022 to the primary completion date, 8 Mar 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Participated in prior ALIVE intervention
Other illness
- Has a medical condition that prohibits or severely restricts ability to eat vegetables (i.e., renal disease, Crohn's disease)
- Has a medical condition with an uncertain 6-month prognosis
- Inability to give informed consent (i.e., cognitive impairment, does not speak Englis
Other
- Churches:
- Pastor unwilling to conduct Bible study
- Participants:
- Unable to make dietary changes due to lack of control over their food source (i.e., eat meals at shelter, nursing home)
- Plans to move within the 6 months following enrollment
- Member of household participating in another church
Who the study is looking for
- Churches:
- At least 75 members and ability to recruit 15 study participants
- Predominantly African American congregants
- Participants:
- Age 18 or older
- Has blood pressure readings with uncontrolled blood pressure, defined as exceeding the blood thresholds for initiation of antihypertensive medication according to the 2017 American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines.
- \- The thresholds are 140/90 for the general population \< 65 years old, and 130/80 for individuals ≥ 65 or with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or high cardiovascular risk (self-report of prior diagnosis of myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, stroke or heart failure)
- Attends church (virtually or in-person) at least once per month
- Able to attend weekly Zoom meetings
- Consents and completes all baseline assessments
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
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